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Guests: Jackie DeAngelis, Chris Cillizza, Alex Burns, Dana Milbank, Bob Shrum, Ron Reagan, Joan Walsh, Clarence Page, James Grimaldi
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Saving Cain.
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews up in New York.
Leading off tonight: damage control. Let`s see how far Herman Cain`s
responses to that sexual harassment story have evolved in just one day.
First from, The story is false, to, There were allegations but they were
false, to, I don`t know if any money was paid, to, I don`t know anything
about an investigation, to, Here`s the gesture I made that led to the
allegation, to, Why, yes, I remember a discussion of a settlement.
If you want a lesson on how to keep a story alive, Herman Cain just
gave it to us.
The abrupt turns in the Cain story are just the latest embarrassment,
however, to Republicans thrown on the defensive. They`ve got Rick Perry`s
flops, they`ve got Mitt Romney`s flip-flops, they`ve got Michele Bachmann`s
collapse, and Republicans are now openly worried that they may ultimately
blow this thing. Is it possible that this clown show -- and I use it
advisedly -- may hand the election to Barack Obama?
And look who`s become President Obama`s most important political
partner, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She`s doing what no one else
on the Democratic side is doing openly and forcefully, defending the
And if you don`t have anything nice to say, former Bachmann campaign
manager Ed Rollins has more harsh words for his one-time candidate. That`s
in the "Sideshow" tonight.
And my new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero," which I`m enormously
proud of, comes out today to book stores and to Amazon. "Let Me Finish"
with a key lesson for President Obama that he could learn from President
We begin with Herman Cain`s spin cycle, if you will. Alex Burns
writes for Politico, which is the organization that broke this story, and
Dana Milbank is a columnist for "The Washington Post."
Let me go to you, of course, Alex. First of all, this whole thing --
I want you to look now -- Americans for Herman Cain, the Cain super-PAC,
just sent out a fund-raising e-mail -- there it is. The subject line,
quote, "Don`t let the media lynch another black conservative."
Now we`re getting that particular spin, if you will. We`re getting a
little less information as time goes on today about what were the charges.
We may never get the information there. How does this evolve politically,
say, if you`re looking at it from the outside, as you are? Right now,
looking at the story, does this die of atrophy? Does it not affect the
conservative voters who are voting in these primaries and caucuses? What?
What`s your take?
ALEX BURNS, POLITICO.COM: Well, Chris, Herman Cain has now had two
full days to try to clear up the questions surrounding this story. And I
think, as you detailed just now, he has left, in a lot of ways, more
questions than answers. So I think until we get some more clarity on
exactly what kind of settlement he may have been aware of, or why he first
said he wasn`t aware of one, then later sort of miraculously remembered
that he was aware of some financial details of an agreement with one of the
MATTHEWS: Yes, but let me get to a tougher point. Let me ask you a
tougher point as a journalist. I know that`s the story that we`d like to
get information -- we`re curious. But let me ask you the toughest question
in the business. So what? Does this affect his voting base? Does this
affect the people on the right side of the Republican Party who have to
pick a nominee to beat Mitt Romney? Does this affect them, that you can
BURNS: Well, I think that Herman Cain, more than any other candidate
in this race, has staked his campaign on his personality and his character.
And I think we`re going to see in the next round of polls and his next trip
to Iowa at the end of this week whether voters are still having the same
response to him that they did a week ago.
MATTHEWS: Do you think there`s a character issue here, meaning, like,
does it say he`s a good guy or a bad guy, as opposed to -- he certainly did
something that caused people to bring these allegations. Would you say
you`re sure? Is there an undercurrent of a story that reporters haven`t
reported yet that suggests a real character problem?
BURNS: Well, a number of Republicans I`ve spoken to in the last day
have said that whatever may have happened back in the 1990s that resulted
in those settlements at the National Restaurant Association, what raises
questions for them now is the fact that Cain can`t seem to get his facts
straight on what happened, which raises questions, certainly, about
MATTHEWS: Yes, about the ability to speak in public, too. He`s
always been -- Dana, my friend, he`s always been really smart about how to
use his brains. I mean, the guy`s a smart guy. He knows how to get a
point across. He hasn`t seem to have decided on whether he knows something
that makes him look better than this story, or the story right now is
probably better than reality. That`s what we don`t know.
DANA MILBANK, "WASHINGTON POST": Right, Chris. I mean, I think if
you look through the -- sort of the usual prism, this has been a PR
disaster. I mean, this is textbook in how you don`t deal with one of these
But I don`t think that we can look at Herman Cain through this typical
prism, and that is the people supporting him are supporting him precisely
because he`s not like everybody else in this race--
MATTHEWS: Yes.
MILBANK: -- particularly Mitt Romney, particularly Barack Obama.
That`s why he`s using this for fund-raising. That`s why his campaign says,
and I think it`s plausible, he raised a quarter million dollars off of this
last night. People are going to rally -- his supporters are going to rally
to his defense simply because it`s perceived as the media, as the elites
going after him.
MATTHEWS: So they don`t -- you`re saying that his people give him the
benefit of the doubt. They don`t think--
MILBANK: More than that--
MATTHEWS: -- he did something really -- that really brings down his
character or not, that he`s not a sexual bully or something like that. You
don`t think they believe that.
MILBANK: No. I mean, if he were to admit that he`d been sexually
harassing women and men, perhaps that might change things. But in this
sort of story, people are just going to--
MATTHEWS: What did you just say?
MATTHEWS: Well, you`re being flippant, right?
MILBANK: No, I`m not, Chris. If somebody were to bring out something
that would question his conservative -- social conservative bona fides,
that`s one thing.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
MILBANK: But if it`s this sort of thing -- the people -- the 25
percent of Iowans who are supporting Herman Cain do not care about these
sexual harassment allegations.
MATTHEWS: OK. Let`s take--
MILBANK: I think we can say that with confidence.
MATTHEWS: Well, that -- well, we`ll see. I think Alex has got a good
point, too. Let`s look at the polling. I`m not sure it`s going to move
down or up. Here`s Cain`s story on whether or not there was a settlement,
meaning money paid to his accusers, and that story seems to have evolved.
Well, make your own judgment. Let`s listen to what he`s been saying.
HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If the restaurant
association did a settlement, I am not even -- I wasn`t even aware of it.
I am unaware of any sort of settlement. I hope it wasn`t for much
because I didn`t do anything.
I was aware that an agreement was reached. The word "settlement"
versus the word "agreement" -- you know, I`m not sure what they called it.
Yes, there was some sort of settlement or termination, and I don`t
even know what the contents of that was.
We ended up settling for what would have been a termination
settlement, three months` salary or something like that.
MATTHEWS: Let me go to Alex. It seems to me that he`s a businessman.
He`s like Mitt Romney, used to dealing with the business press, Alex, not
with us, OK? It`s a different kettle of fish.
I was just talking to Karen Finney, a Democratic consultant, who said
that the business press can simply issue a statement and move on. With the
political press, we`re not satisfied with that. Isn`t that a fair estimate
of this guy`s inability to deal with something which has become a ball of
wax for this guy, if that`s the right word?
BURNS: Well, sure, Chris. And I would point out that for most of
this year, Cain has learned from the political press in his experience as a
lower-tier presidential candidate, that if you mess up verbally but keep
talking, you can usually talk your way out of it.
MATTHEWS: Right.
BURNS: That`s what he -- that`s how he handled it when he said at
first that he wouldn`t want Muslims in his cabinet, then backtracked on
that. That`s how he tried to handle just last month some muddled
statements that he made about his position on abortion.
This is a much more serious issue because it involves legal questions,
it involves character questions. It`s not just a matter of how did you
answer a question about Muslims in your cabinet--
MATTHEWS: Yes, you`re smart.
BURNS: -- in a hallway interview.
MATTHEWS: It`s like, he can`t keep erasing the blackboard and
starting over. Dana Milbank, you`re a funny guy. I read your column ever
day. I`m not sure this is a funny story, but I`ll tell you, the Republican
Party has had -- we`re going to get to it in the next segment. This is a
revolting development for them. He`s their front-runner right now.
Whatever else we say about the other candidates, they`re not doing as well
as this guy`s done. He`s probably the most successful Republican candidate
this year. And here he is in a mess that he can`t seem to get out of.
Does he not have access to the brains in the Republican Party? Are
they watching him go downhill? Are people like Karl Rove, enjoying this,
Bill Kristol enjoying this because they want a finer, more sophisticated
candidate? Is that what we`re watching here?
MILBANK: Sure. I mean, I think a lot of people will be relieved.
And I doubt very many people Republicans in this town think that with this
scandal or without this scandal that Herman Cain is going to be the
Republican nominee. There`s just too many reasons they don`t want to give
that gift to President Obama.
But this man has shown an ability to weather things, the dramatic
change on abortion, the GITMO, the swapping of terrorists, the electrified
border fence. These sorts of things could have killed any normal
politician, and this man shows an extraordinary ability to hold on, not to
the majority of the electorate but a very substantial portion of it.
MATTHEWS: You know, it`s the old question. Who do you want to sit
next to on a long airplane flight? I would still like to meet this guy. I
think Mitt Romney would be somewhat unsurprising. I think the same would
be true of Newt Gingrich or Bachmann. I think this guy would be an
interesting person.
Let me get back to you, Alex, on covering this guy, and his
popularity. You mentioned the polls are going to tell us a lot. Do you
have any kind of horse sense or gut sense, seat of the pants estimate --
are we sure he`s going to go down in the polls? Now, look at what happened
today in fund-raising. This guy had his best fund-raising day ever in the
last 24 hours.
BURNS: Well, Chris, what I would say to that is, I think we`ve
clearly seen, since this story broke Sunday night, that there is a core of
Herman Cain supporters that is totally undeterred by whatever new
information comes out. But I`m not sure that group of people is the full
20 to 25 percent that he`s polling in places like Iowa and South Carolina.
There`s a good number of those people who probably know about as much about
Herman Cain as they did nine months ago, when he was a very, very obscure
political figure. And it`s those folks who are probably going to dictate
exactly how much damage he takes going forward.
MATTHEWS: Yes. Well said. Let`s take a look at the -- here Cain
said his campaign was being sabotaged. Now, this is where it plays into
this fund-raising letter. If he`s going to be, or portray himself -- let`s
get that straight -- as another Clarence Thomas, as an African-American
conservative being pilloried by the politically correct press -- I`m sure
that`s how they`re going to portray the people on this side of the world.
Let`s listen.
CAIN: Obviously, someone is encouraging them to bring it up now
because I`m doing so well in this Republican nomination. That`s all I
would say. Why are you bringing it up now?
Secondly, are you being used to try and help paint a cloud and help
sabotage my candidacy?
You and I both know why they`re doing it. Because someone does not
like the fact that we are doing so well in this campaign and that I`m at or
near the top of the polls consistently. I absolutely believe that this is
an intended smear campaign.
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you this, Alex. If you found out, without
getting -- as a source for your own organization -- if it was another case
and you found out that one of the campaigns had leaked this against him,
would that become a political story in itself, like it was in the old days
of the attack video in the 1998 campaign?
BURNS: Well, I think that, certainly, if another campaign were to
step forward at this point and attack Herman Cain over this issue, that
would instantly reshape the narrative that we`re dealing with.
MATTHEWS: But what about if they leaked this story? Now, you can`t
say because it`s one of your colleagues. You probably don`t even know
where this story came from. It was broken by J-Mar, by Jonathan Martin.
But let me ask you, do you think it`s a story as to where this story came
from? Is that a legitimate political question to ask, who is putting out
the dirt on somebody else in the Republican Party?
BURNS: I think people are welcome to look into whatever kind of
opposition research the campaigns may or may not be doing. I think it`s
important, Chris, though -- I want to address one thing that Mr. Cain said.
He said this is a smear campaign orchestrated against him. One of the
defining features of a smear campaign is usually that the allegations are
not true.
MATTHEWS: Right.
BURNS: And Mr. Cain, in this situation, has confirmed a good deal of
the essential part of the report.
MATTHEWS: OK, big confirmation. And I`m sorry, it looks like "The
Post" has grabbed this story again. This story just broke on "The
Washington Post" Web site. "The Post" is reporting as of this moment that
one of the woman who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the late
1990s wants to tell her side of the story and has called on the National
Restaurant Association to lift its confidentiality ban, according to her
Dana Milbank, it`s your paper. It`s your story now.
MILBANK: Well, I`m pleased on behalf of my paper. Herman Cain said
when he was at the Press Club yesterday that he would not call on the
restaurant association to release those. This will obviously increase the
pressure to do so. We have now -- hearing that Herman Cain`s wife is going
to be out there, giving an interview of her own. So clearly, this will not
be the last time this probably shows up on your show, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Why do you think it`s relevant that his wife has something
to say, if it`s a workplace issue? Why is that relevant, Dana?
MILBANK: I mean, it just -- that`s going to be part of the defense
here. I mean, he`s had six or seven different lines of defense here, and
he`s going to keep using them until one of them works. I think the most
powerful one is going to be, They are out to get me, they, the elite, they,
the mainstream media.
MATTHEWS: Wow.
MILBANK: And you, my Iowa supporters, need to stand up to that.
MATTHEWS: Well, we`re going to have an interesting witness on the
table. If this woman comes forward and makes a statement based on personal
experience, it`s going to have a lot of power.
Thank you very much, Alex Burns, for that reporting, and thank you,
Dana Milbank.
Coming up -- looks like a battle between Politico and "The Washington
Post" has emerged as a side story here.
Anyway, we got a bigger one for you, the Republican clown show. How
would you like to be a major Republican brain right now thinking, My God,
what`s happening to our list of candidates? We got the flip-flopper, the
flop, we`ve got Bachmann, who`s gone, and now we`ve got our front-runner,
Cain, who is just completely caught up in this mess.
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MATTHEWS: The White House is going local. TV anchors now from nine
local affiliates around the country spent the day at the White House today.
Each one got an interview with President Obama, and they all got a chance
to interview another member of the cabinet or one member of the cabinet
about the administration`s push to create jobs.
The nine affiliates chosen shed some light on the Obama reelection
strategy, as everything does these days. There`s an emphasis on the
Southwest, with Phoenix, Denver and Houston, crucial swing states like
Florida and Virginia, and even Omaha where the president picked up
Electoral College votes in 2008. Look at Arizona. Are they really going
for Arizona? Now, there`s the pick-up state.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Wasn`t 2012 supposed to be the Republicans` big year, their big
opportunity with involvement (ph) -- actually, President Obama`s own poll
numbers remain low and an economy that hasn`t really recovered. Let`s face
it, wasn`t it supposed to be a GOP cakewalk down to 1600 Pennsylvania
A while ago, it looked like it. Well, not so fast, and not lately.
Apparently, there`s just one big, fat problem out there, the people running
for president on the Republican side.
As we just talked about, Herman Cain has had a rough 48 hours, and
he`s giving evolving responses to the Politico story on previous sexual
harassment allegations. But he`s not the only one who`s had a bad few
days. Look at Mitt Romney`s flip-flopping around climate change. That
won`t go away. That flip-flopping label`s not going away. And last week,
Romney got caught making contradictory statements about two separate
issues, the upcoming Ohio union vote and climate change.
Meanwhile, Rick Perry has plummeted in the polls, and he gave a
bizarre performance, to put it lightly, at that speech in New Hampshire
last Friday that has gone viral now and has been parodied by late-night
comedians. Well, no one questions that Barack Obama is going to have a
tough fight ahead of him next year. But the best thing he has going for
him seems to be the field of contenders trying to beat him.
Bob Shrum`s a veteran Democratic strategist who served as senior
adviser to Kerry, John Kerry, in 2004. And Ron Reagan is author of "My
Father at 100."
Bob, thanks for joining us tonight. And I just wondered and wonder
right now at how such an array of -- well, it`s a three-ring circus now,
with Romney flipping like some act in a circus, with Perry flopping, and
now the other guy flipping around like he doesn`t know what`s hit him.
This is a three-ring circus from hell for the Republicans, and these are
their top three contenders.
BOB SHRUM, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Well, it`s a weak field that ranges
from the inauthentic to the absolutely incredible. Look, Romney in the
last debate, in addition to being a flip-flopper, sounded like the hall
monitor who was trying to correct everybody. He`s a guy who wants to run
on jobs, but he made his money dismembering companies and destroying jobs.
Herman Cain -- listen, I could endorse him. I mean, you`re right,
President Obama would win by a bigger margin than he won last time if
Herman Cain were the Republican nominee.
Rick Perry -- I think conservatives might take another look at because
of the -- of what`s happened with Cain. But the problem he`s got is He may
have left an indelible impression of incompetence in those early debates
and an unacceptability on Social Security.
And as you just pointed out, he gave that bizarre speech. He`d have
to become a candidate, not a comedian, if he`s going to get a real serious
MATTHEWS: Yes. This reminded me of a speech somebody might give
after too many drinks at a company--
MATTHEWS: No, seriously -- at a company Christmas party or at a
MATTHEWS: I`m not knocking him. I don`t know if he had anything to
drink or anything like it, but it seems crazy.
Now, here he is. Here`s just some highlights from that speech, which
isn`t going to go away because of the nature of the Internet now. Let`s
GOV. RICK PERRY (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We`re kind of into
those slogans, man. It`s like live free or death, victory or death, bring
If they print any more money over there in Washington, that gold`s
going to be good.
PERRY: Or that, 20 percent flat tax. Put it on there, take your
deductions off, send it in.
The good news is that little plan that I just shared with you doesn`t
force the Granite State to expand your tax footprint, if you know what I
mean, like 9 percent expansion.
MATTHEWS: I don`t know, giddy times 10. That was exponential
giddiness there, Ron Reagan.
RON REAGAN, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Yes.
MATTHEWS: I don`t know what he was imitating or what he was showing
us about himself that was previously hooded. Let`s put it that way.
MATTHEWS: This was the real -- this was the butterfly Rick Perry, not
the caterpillar. I will tell you, I`m not sure he wanted to put this dance
REAGAN: It`s true. This was a critical period for Rick Perry. He
was trying to kind of reintroduce himself and retool his campaign, and he
chose this week to go off his meds?
MATTHEWS: Or on to new ones, I tell you. I thought he was on--
REAGAN: Or maybe. Yes. It`s extraordinary. But as you were saying
before, given the opportunity the Republicans have this election cycle,
given where the economy is, et cetera, et cetera, it`s extraordinary to me
that they haven`t been able to field a stronger field of candidates.
And I don`t know why that is. Why haven`t, you know, senior members
of the Senate decided to run for, you know, for president this time around?
Why are we left with this group of people who, as you pointed out, are
woefully inadequate?
MATTHEWS: It all comes together, Bob, Bobby. It looks to me like if
you put a three-ring thing up there, like an old "Thomas Crown Affair"
screen with different pictures, all of them, you would have this incredible
performance in front of you all at the same time.
All of a sudden, Romney picks this week to flip all over the place
about one of the things he`s been constant on. There he is, by the way.
Here`s the latest example of Romney`s penchant -- or penchant -- penchant
for flip-flopping. Listen to what he said back in June followed by what he
said on Thursday about global warming. Let`s watch the moves.
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I believe based on what I
read that the world is getting warmer. And, number two, I believe that
humans contribute to that. So I think it`s important for us to reduce our
emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant
contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you`re
My view is that we don`t know what`s causing climate change on this
planet, and the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try
and reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.
MATTHEWS: Oh, 180. And then last week, Romney`s opponent Jon
Huntsman put out an ad that went after Romney for some of his high-profile
political reversals. Let`s watch Huntsman doing what he does best, chop
the heck out of Romney.
ROMNEY: I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this
That I have consistently been pro-life.
When he took office, the economy was in recession, and he made it
I didn`t say that things are worse.
Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush. I`m not
trying to return to Reagan/Bush.
-- is to pursue the strategy which Ronald Reagan pursued.
We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them.
And I would protect our Second Amendment rights to bear arms.
MATTHEWS: Ron, it`s impossible to miss the fact that this guy`s made
of political rubber.
REAGAN: Yes, it`s true. He`s been on all sides of all issues, being
all things to all people, I suppose.
And it is going to come back and hurt him in the campaign. Yet, he
remains, I think, the inevitable nominee of the Republican Party. This
guy, who is a very weak candidate for a lot of these reasons--
MATTHEWS: Why? Why is he inevitable?
REAGAN: -- is the inevitable nominee, because everybody else is even
weaker. Everybody else is, frankly, just totally unacceptable.
I mean, can you really think of President Michele Bachmann, or really,
for that matter, President Herman Cain? No. You really can`t imagine
that. Romney, I don`t know, like I said, if you squint real hard, maybe
you can see the haircut in the Oval Office or something. But that`s about
MATTHEWS: Bob, I don`t get it. I mean, I don`t -- usually
presidents, former President Reagan, late President Reagan used to -- he
explained a long sort of transition from being a man who signed a pro-
choice bill out in California to being pro-life.
There`s some kind of explanation of some kind of epiphany, something
that leads you to change. But here`s Romney flipping on climate change
without any pretense of a transformation, just, hey, things have changed
politically in the last couple of weeks. I just checked the polls, so I`m
changing my mind.
SHRUM: Yes, look, I think this whole thing to him is a business
proposition. He wants to pursue the presidency that way, so he`s finding
out what the customers want and he`s giving the customers whatever they`re
asking for.
But the customers are resisting him.
MATTHEWS: Is he--
MATTHEWS: -- from the movie "James Bond," and what kind of a party do
you want?
SHRUM: That`s exactly what`s going on.
But the problem is that you have got a lot of Republicans who are
looking for anybody who isn`t Romney. And I think Ron`s right. In the
end, they`re going to have to go with Romney, because the other people are
so totally unacceptable. He will mostly win because of his opponents, not
because of what he does.
But the problem with that is he`s going to go into a general election
where he`s going to be held accountable on the flip-flops, he`s going to be
held accountable on his jobs record. And as I found out in 1994 when I was
involved in Senator Kennedy`s campaign for reelection, where Romney was
briefly ahead of him by one point, he`s brittle. And when you begin to
push him and he gets into the kind of thick of this, he`s going to be like
he was in that last debate.
He`s going to bristle. And I think people are going to get
increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of him being president.
MATTHEWS: Well, OK. I can`t wait for Tampa to be 110 degrees, 110
humidity, and they are going to have to nominate somebody they don`t want.
Thank you, Bob Shrum.
What a sultry occasion that`s going to be. Thank you, Ron Reagan.
MATTHEWS: Up next, Ed Rollins strikes again. He`s got even worse
things to say about his candidate, the one he used to work for now, Michele
Bachmann. Stick around for Ed to do what he does.
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MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow."
First up, fair game. It`s not just the Cain campaign that`s taken a
bizarre spin this week. Who will forget the speech given by Rick Perry in
New Hampshire over the weekend, where the candidate came across as, well,
not some guy running for president.
Let`s see how that incident was pummeled last night on "The Daily
Show." And let`s also who really stands to gain from these recent
JON STEWART, HOST, "THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART": Could Rick
Perry, hurt by stiffness in his debate performances, seize the moment in
New Hampshire this weekend?
GOV. RICK PERRY (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is such a cool
state. I mean, come on, live free or die?
PERRY: I mean, it`s like, live free or die, victory or death, bring
STEWART: You`re overcorrecting. It gets worse.
PERRY: Texas Rangers after 50 years are going to win a World Series
STEWART: Best-case scenario, that dude`s hammered.
STEWART: Worst-case scenario, that is Perry sober and every time we
have seen him previously, he`s been hammered.
STEWART: After the events of this weekend, between Herman Cain and
Rick Perry, I am ready for "The Daily Show" to unveil a brand-new segment.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mitt Romney, the luckiest mother-fudger on Earth.
MATTHEWS: Well, in this group, Romney comes across as the older
brother, better yet for him, the baby-sitter.
Next up, talk about a parting of the ways. Here comes another string
of harsh words for GOP candidate Michele Bachmann. From whom? Her former
campaign manager, Ed Rollins.
What started as beating around the bush when he first left his post
with the Bachmann campaign has now evolved into brutal honesty by Ed.
Let`s listen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why`d you leave her?
ED ROLLINS, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Well, you know, I`m an old man.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was just a mess, wasn`t it?
ROLLINS: It was a mess. I`m an old man.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a mess, wasn`t it?
ROLLINS: It was a mess.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It wasn`t going to work, was it?
ROLLINS: I didn`t think it was going to work and I didn`t want to
spend the six months in Iowa, basically, at my age.
MATTHEWS: Wow. Taking a step further in a separate interview,
Rollins said -- quote -- "She`s still saying the same things she said in
the first debate. There`s no substance. She says, I`m going to repeal
Obamacare, but she`s been saying that from day one. I told her, that`s
your Tea Party speech. Now you have to say what you`re going to do next."
Well, there you have it, Ed Rollins` verdict on his former candidate.
Up next: Hillary Clinton is doing what no other Democrat is doing
these days. She`s openly defending, politically, President Obama.
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
JACKIE DEANGELIS, CNBC CORRESPONDENT: I`m Jackie DeAngelis with your
CNBC "Market Wrap."
Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the market, a 297-
point plunge for the Dow Jones industrials, a 35-point drop for the S&P
500, and the Nasdaq sinking 77 points. Now, the U.S. markets at the mercy
of European headlines again today. Investors were blindsided by a surprise
call for a Greek referendum on the E.U. bailout plan.
Banks took the biggest hit, especially those with high exposure in
Europe. And Credit Suisse piled on with disappointing earnings and plans
to cut another 1,500 jobs. Now, GM and Ford slumped despite modest sales
in growth in terms of October, but Toyota still struggling with part
shortages after the quake and tsunami. reported a nearly 8 percent drop in
sales. Drug giant Pfizer was able to buck the trend, edging higher on
better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
And Bank Atlantic shares soared more than 110 percent on word that it
will be acquired by holding company BB&T for about $301 million.
That`s it for us U.S. from CNBC, first in business worldwide -- now
back to HARDBALL.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
I have been saying for a while and will say again that President Obama
really needs -- what he needs for his reelection is a strong core of allies
in this country, a loyal core of defenders who will go to the mat for him
when he`s right and occasionally when he`s wrong.
Someone who seems to be standing up to that challenge is the one-time
rival Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Though she says she is out of
politics, she sure does sound like a supporter these days. Here she was on
"Meet the Press" last month responding to David Gregory`s question about
her famous 3:00 a.m. phone call ad from 2008 and whether the Republican ads
-- rather, the Republican candidates need to show foreign policy competence
as they run for president.
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: I`m out of politics,
as you know, David. I don`t comment on it, but I think Americans are going
to want to know that they have a steady, experienced, smart hand on the
tiller of the ship of state, and there`s no doubt that that`s Barack Obama.
MATTHEWS: Well, is Hillary Clinton the political ally Obama can
really rely on right now?
Joan Walsh is editor at large for Salon.com, and Chris Cillizza is
managing editor of PostPolitics.com, as well as an MSNBC contributor.
Before we begin, though, of course, we want to offer our condolences
to Secretary of State Clinton. The Clinton family earlier today announced
the death of her mother, Dorothy Rodham, at the age of 92. What a life
she`s had.
Joan, I want you on now because I have had a mixed history about my
political views of Hillary Clinton and the role she played in the last
campaign. And I`m being positive because I like her personally, but I
didn`t like her position on the war in Iraq and I let it be known that I
preferred Barack Obama on that key issue to me.
But I am overwhelmed, as I have been before, by her behavior.
Occasionally, she just floors me with her statements, like she did during
the campaign at the end when she endorsed him so magnanimously.
Again, on David Gregory`s program, "Meet the Press" -- we will show
you another clip in a minute. But your view? She seems to be becoming not
just an appointee of the president, but a true ally.
JOAN WALSH, EDITOR IN CHIEF, SALON.COM: Oh, I think she very much is
a true ally, Chris, and I think she`s probably enraged that this president
can`t get a bit of credit from these Republican opponents when it comes to
the realm of foreign policy.
I mean, that is where he has truly shined, with her help, but on his
own. They have disagreed about some things, and he`s gone ahead and he has
done what he needed to do. I expect to see her -- though she says she`s
not speaking politics, she speaks from a realm of experience and a realm of
And to watch these people criticize this man on Iran, on Libya, not
give him credit for Osama bin Laden, she will be there for him and she will
be making the case that he has kept us safer. And that is a very crucial
case to make as the election approaches.
MATTHEWS: Chris Cillizza.
CHRIS CILLIZZA, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, I think Joan is
largely right that this is the place that Barack Obama has been strongest.
Coming into this presidency, Chris, the biggest question was, is this
a guy who can stand up on the world stage and lead? Remember, that was --
John McCain`s entire campaign was premised around the idea that the guy
didn`t -- that Barack Obama didn`t have the experience to govern in a
difficult world.
Now, he`s had lots of struggles domestic policy-wise, but foreign
policy-wise, he`s had lots of successes.
CILLIZZA: And I think Hillary Clinton`s -- Hillary Clinton`s
involvement in those successes doesn`t go unnoticed.
She`s a huge figure, both domestically and internationally, Chris. I
mean, anywhere she goes, she`s probably the second most famous politician
in the world behind the guy she works for. So, she draws attention, and
she`s credible. And people take her seriously when she speaks and when she
MATTHEWS: She`s always well-prepared.
Here`s more from Secretary of State Clinton in an interview with David
Gregory on "Meet the Press" where she talked about Obama being up to the
challenge in terms of leadership. Let`s listen.
CLINTON: President Obama has passed with flying colors every
leadership challenge. I think this president has demonstrated that in a
still very dangerous world, it`s important to have someone at the helm of
our country who understands how to manage what is an incredibly complex
world now. Yes, we have a lot of threats, but we also have opportunities.
And I think President Obama has grasped that and has performed
extraordinarily well.
MATTHEWS: You know, Joan, this is not a partisan assessment.
Republicans are better at bragging. They are really good at it. They`d be
-- I mean, George W. would still be dancing and hot dogging and spiking the
ball in the end zone if he had caught bin Laden. He`d be doing it around
the clock.
WALSH: Right.
MATTHEWS: The Democrats seem to take -- they seem to have a -- what
is it called? They`re almost British with their understatement.
WALSH: We`re very reserved and humble, Chris.
You know, I think there`s some of that. I also think that it`s very
hard getting a message through in this economic situation. And I think
that will be a challenge for the president as the election approaches.
These are crucial issues. It`s also unbelievable, now that, you know,
as we`ve talked about before, the Democrats have had such an unfair and bad
rap on the issue of national security. Now they really are the ones who
can argue, we`ve turned the corner, we`ve kept you safe, we`ve been
belligerent. There are some things that I haven`t been crazy about, to be
honest with you.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I know.
WALSH: But they really have the upper hand on this. And yet,
somehow, it`s not going to be an issue? So, I think it`s going to require
a lot of adept handling to make sure that this president does get the
credit that he deserves and that this stands out as an issue in the next
go-around. Because if the economy`s terrible, it`s going to be a little
bit of a tough sell.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I think so. Chris, you studied politics every week
and you have a nonpartisan assessment, I read it every Sunday especially.
Let me ask you about this. It seems what`s happened in the last three
weeks, we`ve had two options, one is the president squeaks by and gets re-
elected, like winning perhaps North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, or Ohio,
or some combination that gets him by to 270, but real tight. And I thought
there was another option, which is the Republicans will pull a blowout.
They would just have a really bad economy to run with, they would blame it
all on him, and he`d take the hit like Jimmy Carter did.
Now, I think we`re facing two options: one, the president squeaks,
which remains the same. Joan, I want you in on this. And now, the
Republicans squeak. I think the options of a big blowout has been
diminished dramatically if not completely by the lousy list of candidates
in this three-act clown show they`re putting on right now.
I know the economy is (INAUDIBLE), everybody knows that. We can blame
it forever. I know you like the Yiddish. But the fact is it is and we
all know it.
And then the question is, haven`t they just lost their chance for a
blowout in the last couple of weeks because of their incompetence?
CILLIZZA: I would say I still think the most likely outcome, Chris,
given what we know about the partisanship in this country in the kind of
vast chasm that exists between the two party basis is a close election
along the lines of 2004, 2000 -- not a blowout election along the lines of
If you told me there is a blowout in 2012, it`s much more likely to be
a Republican blowout, I would say, simply because of what you pointed out.
If people are focused on the economy in places like Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Florida, Michigan, Nevada. Those would go in the Republican column and we
would see a blowout. I don`t see any way Obama comes close, and I don`t
think anybody, including the Obama team, thinks --
MATTHEWS: Herman Cain ain`t going to win in no blowout.
Joan, your thoughts? I don`t know which of these Republicans. It
still comes down to the name of the guy and they`re all right now to have a
chance. I can`t think of one right now that`s going to win in a blowout.
Your thoughts?
WALSH: I can`t either. I really don`t think there`ll be a blowout,
no matter how bad the economy is. I think people -- this White House is
skilled. We haven`t seen enough skill, but as a campaign, they were
skilled at focusing on the questions that they want to focus on and I
really think that even -- if Romney gets out of this, he is so diminished
by his flip-flopping. You know, those Jon Huntsman ads, man, you put
Barack Obama in, and, you know, they work in 2012. So I don`t see a
MATTHEWS: And if the Clintons are gung-ho for Obama, that`s a big
plus. That`s what I wanted to get to. We`ll get to it in latter shows as
we go on. But I think Clinton`s role, including Secretary Clinton, if she
leaves office -- I`m telling you, the Clintons are going be powerful in
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
CILLIZZA: -- a huge constituency, Chris.
MATTHEWS: There`ll still have a Clinton party out there.
Thank you, Chris Cillizza.
Thank you, Joan Walsh.
Up next -- well, "The Washington Post" broke the story that one of
Herman Cain`s accusers wants to bring her -- end her confidentiality
agreement and speak publicly about what happened she said, of course, back
in the 1990s. We`re going to talk to "The Post" reporter who broke that
story, next.
This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: The always quotable Alan Simpson zinged anti-tax guru
Grover Norquist, the guy who gets Republicans to pledge against tax
increases. Here`s what the former Republican senator said today in a
hearing of the super committee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in budget
ALAN SIMPSON (R), FORMER U.S. SENATOR: I asked him, he said, "My hero
is Ronald Reagan." I said, well, he raised taxes 11 times in his eight
years. And he said, "I don`t know, I don`t like that at all."
And I said, "Well, he did it. Why do you suppose?" He said, "I don`t
know. It`s very disappointing." I said, "He probably did it to make the
country run, another sick idea."
MATTHEWS: Wow. They always forget about that, about Ronald Reagan.
Expect to hear that line, by the way, repeated by Democrats in the days and
weeks to come.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: We`re back.
Herman Cain`s in damage control mode after the story broke about
alleged sexual discrimination or harassment back in the 1990s. But Cain
has received overwhelming support, has hardly been defended by
conservatives. We`ve heard all that tonight.
Now comes word from "The Washington Post" this evening that one of the
women who accused Cain of sexual harassment wants to tell her side of the
story. Both women are barred, by the way, from talking about the incident
because of a confidentiality agreement which was signed when the case was
James Grimaldi is "The Washington Post" reporter who`s broken the
latest story about the accuser wanting to speak. Clarence Page is a
syndicated columnist for the "Chicago Tribune."
Thank you, James, for joining us.
Can you tell us anything beyond the fact that the woman in question
here, who has made the complaint back 12 years ago, is ready to talk about
what the nature of the charges she made were? Do we know anything more?
JAMES GRIMALDI, "THE WASHINGTON POST": Yes. I think we can infer
from that that if she wants her side of the story out there, it`s different
than what Herman Cain is saying. But they feel so constrained by this
confidentiality agreement that they are not really saying what they would
say if they could talk about it. They are just saying they think the
National Restaurant Association should relieve them of their obligation of
non-disparagement and confidentiality so that they could come forward.
They mentioned both of those points.
So, that leads us to believe, and I think logically conclude, that if
you want to talk about it and tell another side of the story, it`s probably
going to be different than what Mr. Cain is saying.
MATTHEWS: Well, here`s what Cain had to say about one of the accusers
on FOX last night. Let`s listen.
CAIN: I do recall that her performance, it had been told to me by her
boss, was not up to par. And I normally didn`t get into whether someone is
let go or fired unless I had to because I allowed my department head to
make that decision. Her boss, if he didn`t think she was doing the job, I
said, "Well, you, along with the human resources department, figure out
what you want to do."
MATTHEWS: Clarence, let`s look at this politically. This story is
going to have some legs now obviously. This is going to go on because
everyone now wants to know the Perry Mason -- you know, ending, what`s
going to be said as this comes to the public sort of witness, sort of a day
in court here we`re going to see here.
How does this go as the story in terms of this campaign and the life
or death politically of Mr. Cain?
CLARENCE PAGE, "CHICAGO TRIBUNE": Well, this has already become a
problem for Mr. Cain because it`s gotten him off message. He wanted to
come to Washington to talk about his jobs plan and his economic ideas, and
he wound up talking about sex, and that has taken the spotlight now. And
the problem is he`s handling this as though he were still a corporate CEO,
business executive trying to keep things very tight, close to the chest.
But he`s in the world of politics now. The public is going to want to
know some answers, and his fellow Republicans are going to want to know how
stable of a candidate is he, how stable is his future, or are they going to
have more secrets blow up on this campaign. So, he really needs to get as
much information out as quickly as possible and clear the air.
MATTHEWS: A couple of facts that you might have at hand, James. One
is was there more to this agreement on the departure of that employee that
made the accusation then a couple months, what do you call it -- what`s
that term?
GRIMALDI: Severance.
MATTHEWS: Severance. Or was it something else in terms of cash?
GRIMALDI: Yes. I asked the lawyer about that.
First, I want to go to what you said about putting the clip up there.
The lawyer says that by the statements that he has made, including the one
that you just aired.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
GRIMALDI: That he believes that Cain has waived that confidentiality.
They believe they are getting whacked, and they can`t respond.
MATTHEWS: Gotcha.
GRIMALDI: But I asked the lawyer. Cain is out there saying it`s just
a severance, which says there were no facts to substantiate the allegation
of sexual harassment. The lawyer said, well, look, there were claims.
There were claims of sexual harassment and there was a settlement. And
that`s as far as he would go. But the implication is there`s more to it
than we`ve heard so far.
MATTHEWS: And let me think -- I guess I`m going to stretch you now
for your reporting. Do you know if her accusations reached the level of
what most people would say was really bad behavior or inappropriate
behavior? In other words, was she propositioned? Did she use his
authority over her to get sex? The kinds of things people, in a very
narrow old-time definition, would say yes, that`s awful, rather by the
modern stances of improper language in the workplace, that sort of thing.
GRIMALDI: Yes. You know, those are the very questions I`ve had since
the story broke. I mean, I have to say I don`t know if I would have gone
with this story until I knew the answer to that question. The question
sort of just hangs out there, and it could be anything from, you know, a
series of inappropriate comments to, you know, Strauss-Kahn or something.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
GRIMALDI: We have no idea --
MATTHEWS: And I think, therein -- Clarence, get to the politics of
this quickly -- therein lies the question of the political mega tonnage
here, right? What is the story in itself?
PAGE: What is the story -- and Cain is in a position where questions
have been raised. He has not been consistent or forthcoming with his
answers, and he`s creating more problems for himself unless -- he himself
should be getting out there asking the restaurant association to release
this woman so he can talk.
MATTHEWS: At last glance, my friend, it`s worse than it looks
PAGE: It doesn`t help for him to be accused of being part of a cover-
MATTHEWS: That`s true, too. Thank you so much, James.
Congratulations. "The Post" has regained the control of the story from the
renegade "Politico." Side story we`re all watching.
When we return -- thanks, Clarence Page. Thank you. When we return,
my book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero," the big book I`ve been working on
for years, came out today. I`ve got some thoughts about -- well, lessons
that President Obama can learn from President Kennedy. They are big ones
and he can still learn it.
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with what President Obama needs
most politically.
He needs allies, potential confederates who will get out there, who
will sing his praises, take punches for him and deliver some punches
themselves. And not only that, he needs political loyalists who have
strong gut ties to the people who are going to decide this election next
year, not just the college crowd that got him nominated and elected in
2008, but the scared, angry people who didn`t go to college. I didn`t see
a lot of them out there working and speaking for him lately.
Word is out that Obama`s a transitional, or rather a transactional
politician. He cuts deals with people, but he doesn`t forge bonds. When
is he going to bolster his political forces, and what`s the story with the
people in his cabinet? Where are they? Do they campaign for him? Do they
stand up on the Sunday shows with passion and stick it to their critics?
I`ve never seen such a band of political neutrals as his cabinet.
Come to think of it, who does speak up for Obama with any real passion
these days?
Democrats in Congress act as if they are in a different political
party, not just a different branch of government.
Obama needs battle-ready surrogates and doesn`t have them. He needs
allies who will go out there and get their brains knocked in.
He needs troops, and the reason he doesn`t have them, I suspect, is
brutal. He hasn`t recruited them. He hasn`t spent time enough with them,
hasn`t made them feel as though he needs an army.
There`s still time for Obama to build an Obama party between now and
next fall`s general election, but not much time.
"Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" comes out today. Find out more at
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:00 pm
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I have a question about the different classes of bulbs available. I have started using #5 bulbs with my graflite flash unit, but was wondering if it is possible to use the Class MF bulbs like the M2 or AG1 bulbs. I can't really find any techincal data that explains the difference between Class M and MF bulbs.
Does anyone know the differences between these two classes? Has anyone tried using the M2 or AG1 bulbs in a 5-inch reflecter? Will they synch properly with a between the lens shutter with an M synch setting?
Thanks for any comments or info you can share.
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:00 am
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I think they would sync better with the "F" setting if your shutter has it. These are pretty fast bulbs. I haven't used the M2 bulbs but my M3s state that they will synch with just about anything (in so many words). Why don't you just try them? They are still readily available on eBay. They go cheap because they're just not very highly sought after. I will get back with more info on them.
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:47 am
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From what I remember, ag1 and m2's are x sync. I've used m2's and m3's in the 5 inch polished reflector on a 2773. I was never happy with them, and have since moved on to the M25 when I want to use a smaller bulb. I don't have experience with the AG bulbs.
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:32 pm
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What information I have says they will work at any sync setting with a shutter speed of 1/30 or less. They will even sync with 35mm focal plane shutters at slower speeds.
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:53 pm
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A proper reflector helps a lot. While I have many adapters to use bayonet base, button base, and Ag-1s in the big Heiland flashguns, the one I use the most has it's own 3" reflector built in. Pops right into a right-angle Heiland or Graflite head. Looks kinda strange, but wotks fine with the little bulbs.
Try x-synch at about 1/50, and hold steady!
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:55 pm
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Okay, sometimes I just don't pay attention
Do AG1'a really X-synch? It's the first I've heard of that, that I can remember now anyway...
And someone made adapters to use the tiny AG1's in the big flash holders? Never saw one of those either. But if they really existed, and they X-synch, I gotta do some looking!
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:48 am
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I have adapters to use AG-1 bulbs in bayonet sockets. Got 'em on ebay a couple of years ago. The guy had a whole box full, so I bought 5 or 6 at something like a buck apiece, new.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:08 pm
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have adapters to use AG-1 bulbs in bayonet sockets. Got 'em on ebay a couple of years ago. The guy had a whole box full, so I bought 5 or 6 at something like a buck apiece, new.
Same rig I have. You stack the AG-1-to- bayonet into the bayonet-to-screw adapter.
But the little adapter with the built-in reflector works better.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:06 pm
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I find that M-2's are a good choice if you are using faster films, are able to use a shutter speed of 1\30 or less, and the subject isn't moving much. Plus, you don't blind your subjects like a #5 or a M-3 as much! As the others have said, you can only go up to 1\50 (X sync)with this bulb but think 1\30 or less for full output.
I only have one bayonet to AG1 adapter. I don't think that the are that popular. I haven't tried it in any of my Graflex flashes either. If I had more I would probably use this bulb more often and save my other ring clip and bayonet bulbs for other jobs. Once my stash of ring clip bulbs goes I probably will have to go to the AG bulbs!
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:56 pm
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One thought on using the AG-1 bulbs. They were made to use in wee little reflectors, such as the one Top described (3"). If you are going to use them in a 5" reflector, you need to give a bit more exposure, say one stop.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:47 pm
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Everyone, thanks for the responses! It sounds like I should maybe think about using the AG1 bulbs rather than the M2. I need faster shutter speeds than 1/30 sec., and if I understand the guide number data correctly on Bill Cress' site, it looks like the AG1 will synch at all speeds with the M synch. Let me know if this is not correct.
Thanks again!
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:17 am
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M2's work great with the Graphex M-F-X shutter and provide full light output at 1/100 sec. (with the Graphex RED M-sync setting only) due to a very unique feature of the Graphex shutter. I have tested this with Poloroid film! Thus, if you have a GRAPHEX shutter and lots of M2 lamps, you have a very useful combination. Thus, only the M2 subclass of lamps will work in this fashion due to their somewhat quicker peak (13-15ms)than the true M-type lamps (#5, 25, 22, M3, AG1, etc. at 19-20 ms - which normal M-sync applies). This only applies to the GRAPHEX shutter since it has a unique dual-adjustable-delay M-sync (RED/BLACK).
According to the Morgan & Morgan 1958 'Graphic-Graflex Photography' book, page 19, chapter "Flash Syncronization and Shutters" since the Graphex shutter has TWO M-sync settings. The BLACK M-setting yields the typical M setting delay of 19 ms. The RED M-setting yields a delay of 9-10ms. Hence, according to the book, "With [Typical M2] Lamps having a delay of 13-15ms it will be seen that and exposure of 1/100 will easily catch the entire useful output of the lamp, and at the same time will permit some action stopping on the part of the shutter."
In summary, M2 lamps, with the right reflector and a Graphex shutter are a good combination. Often, M2's are found for much less cost than M3's. Note that the output is still less than an M3 or larger true M-sync lamp; however, the M2 can be used at a reasonable shutter speed.
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:38 pm
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Cress Photo has AG1 to bayonette adapters for $12 or so.
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Last summer, Vernon Burton gave lectures on history and the use of computing in humanities research at meetings in Britain and France. When he finished each talk, the first question wasn't about his research, but about Chief Illiniwek, the mascot at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and why the university would keep a symbol that is offensive to American Indians.
"What people knew about the university was the chief, not the research and teaching here," said Burton, a critic of the mascot and president of the Faculty Senate. On Friday, the university announced that Chief Illiniwek would make a final appearance at a men's basketball game Wednesday -- and then would be retired. "It's a long nightmare that has ended at last," Burton said.
For supporters of the chief mascot, of course, Friday was the nightmare, and the two sides dueled in press events, in court, and in the court of public opinion. But Burton and some others said that the issues for Illinois -- by any academic measure a top public university -- are much broader than the question of whether a student pretending to be an Indian dances for a few minutes at football and basketball games. The debate at Illinois, many say, has consumed time and attention of university leaders, influenced who is a university leader, hurt the institution's reputation, and led to doubts about the role of shared governance.
"It's long past time for this issue -- and Illiniwek -- to go away," said a Chicago Tribune editorial on Saturday. "Over the years, the debate has occupied the time and energy of students, university administrators and trustees, alumni, the Illinois General Assembly, the U.S. Senate and at least two governors. All of them have more important things to worry about, such as studying for finals or running the country. The squabble over the chief is a distraction and a poor reflection on the state's flagship academic institution."
The announcement from the university -- rumored for months to be imminent -- walked a fine line between blaming the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the shift, and saying it was an independent decision. In 2005, the NCAA stunned Illinois and a group of other colleges by announcing that institutions that continued to use Native American symbols or imagery in ways that were hostile to American Indians would be barred from being the hosts of postseason tournaments or from participating in NCAA championships if such images appeared on uniforms worn by athletes or others involved in athletics when they participated.
Illinois was among the institutions that blasted the NCAA, and appealed its findings -- winning a limited victory when the NCAA said that the name "Illini" was not problematic (it could refer to the state, not just a tribe). But the NCAA rejected the contention of Illinois (as well as some other colleges that use Native American imagery) that Chief Illiniwek was an honor for Native Americans.
Much of the Illinois announcement stressed that the decision to end the use of the chief removed the university from NCAA sanctions. But at the same time, the university statement said that the decision was the natural result of a "consensus process" that the Illinois board had pledged to use to resolve the chief issue. And an FAQ released by the university answered the question "Did the university cave to the NCAA?" with the answer No, and yet the same answer went on to note the penalties paid by the university for not being in compliance with the association's rules.
The official statement also included much praise for the Chief Illiniwek tradition, and didn't include any acknowledgment that the NCAA or American Indian groups might have had legitimate reasons not to want pretend Indians entertaining largely white crowds with Indian imagery. "The Chief Illiniwek tradition inspired and thrilled members of the University of Illinois community for 80 years," said Lawrence C. Eppley, the board chair, in a statement. "It was created, carried on, and enjoyed by people with great respect for tradition."
The chief first started performing at Illinois athletic events in 1926, and is best known for appearing during the halftime shows at football games. Students are selected to play the chief and many of those who have done so consider it a high point of their college experience. But while some colleges with Indian names have accused the NCAA of making an issue where none existed, that would be hard to claim at Illinois. Protests have been taking place on the campus since 1989, the chief's role has been the subject of a critical PBS documentary and a scholarly book. At Illinois, criticism of the chief has been as strong as at any institution with an Indian name, but so too has been the activity of defenders of the tradition. (The University of North Dakota and Florida State University may have rallied with equal intensity, and the former is now in court with the NCAA while the latter won an appeal from the association.)
Carol Spindel, an adjunct in English at the university, has studied the Illinois mascot issue as much as anyone. Her book, Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy Over American Indian Mascots, focused on Illinois, but also covered many other institutions. (It was originally going to be published by the University of Illinois Press, but the topic was too hot to handle there, and the work landed at New York University Press and won strong reviews upon publication.)
Spindel said that she wasn't certain why the issue became so divisive at Illinois, while other places were able to work through the issue with relative civility. She said that there has been politicization of the issue and "inept leadership." She particularly faulted the university's board for letting pro-mascot groups appear to be speaking for the university over the years, in opposition to Native Americans and their supporters. People who are associated with the fight against the chief have received fairly constant insults on campus, and sometimes far worse, Spindel said.
Southeast Missouri State University is among the many institutions that retired Indian names and Spindel attended a ceremony that marked the 2005 switch from "Indians" to "Redhawks," and was struck by how many people mentioned the Illinois tensions. At the ceremony, Spindel said, "people were very upbeat and very positive about the future of their program, and they sad to me, 'we've looked up the river at you, and we can't afford to have our community divided and we can't afford the lawsuits.' "
While Spindel said that she was very pleased with the decision announced Friday, she wished there could have been more acknowledgment of the problems created by the chief over the years. "It's too bad the University of Illinois couldn't have used the retirement as a teachable moment to stress the importance of respect for all. This would have been especially valuable for non-Native students and might have helped to establish the atmosphere of respect the campus lacks," she said.
The backlash against critics of the chief has been "very real" and has frequently reached the point of harassment, Spindel said, noting the recent furor over Facebook entries involving university students. One Facebook group that attracted over 110 members is titled "If They Get Rid of the Chief I'm Becoming a Racist." One of its postings reads, "[W]hat they don't realize is that there was never a racist problem before ... but now I hate redskins and hope all those drunk casino owning bums die."
Another post states that one of the leaders of the movement to remove Chief Illiniwek is of Sioux descent. "I say we throw a tomohawk [sic] into her face." The university is investigating the comments and -- in an escalation typical of many of the Illiniwek debates -- that inquiry has set off its own controversy. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is calling on the university to end its inquiry, saying that the Facebook threats were "hyperbolic" but not real threats since it is unlikely that those writing them intended to actually attack Native American students "with an antiquated weapon."
Many faculty members believe that Nancy Cantor, who left the chancellor's position at Urbana-Champaign in 2004 after only three years in office, was in an untenable position at Illinois because of the chief issue. By the time she arrived, the chief issue was firmly in the control of the board and she did not speak out on the chief specifically. But Cantor is known for speaking regularly about the importance of inclusiveness and equity and outreach to minority students -- values that were taken by some of the chief's supporters as some kind of disloyalty. Some of those supporters put up anti-Cantor billboards around town. (Cantor has attributed her departure not to the chief issue, but to her desire to take the position as chancellor of Syracuse University.)
Burton, the Faculty Senate president and director of the director of the Illinois Center for Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, was on the search committee that was created when Cantor left, and he said that some candidates who were approached declined to be considered because of the chief issue.
He also saw damage to the system of governance. The Faculty Senate repeatedly passed resolutions urging the board to drop the chief, but was largely ignored and moves for board action were aborted. "Shared governance fell down on the issue," Burton said, although he also noted that he and other faculty leaders mentioned the question at meeting after meeting of the university board.
In the end, he said, the NCAA gave cover to the board to do the right thing, without fear of offending pro-chief alumni donors. "I know that there are many trustees who are great fans of the chief, and I appreciate their moral courage" in acting now, he added.
The chief has become a symbol for all kinds of things having nothing to do with education, Burton said. Many of those rallying around it saw the fight against the mascot as an issue of political correctness. "There is so much going on in society. People feel that their lives are being controlled by other people," he said. "So to people who are upset about affirmative action or other issues, the chief becomes a symbol to hold onto," he said. "I think we have to be sympathetic to understand that other people will not see this as a moral decision and an important educational decision.... People have given up something that is very dear to them and that they care very much about."
But while Burton is sympathetic to their feelings, he is also worried about the lack of effort to put the chief in the context of history, and about the university not acceptingthe responsibility -- even after ending the chief's role -- to do more to recruit and welcome students of all kinds.
"Let's not fool ourselves. This nightmare for the university is over, but there is a reality that is much more important," he said. White Americans have decided how Native Americans (and other non-white Americans) should be seen (and controlled) since Columbus, he said, and that history isn't understood as it should be. At a university, "we need to focus much more on diversity of all kinds -- of having people with different points of view, on freedom of speech, and providing access for people from different groups, both minority groups and white with less income," he said.
Burton wants chief critics to be "very cautious" now, and to avoid thinking they have won some great victory when what they have really won was the most visible, but not necessarily the most important, battle.
Native American groups -- at Illinois and elsewhere -- took a similar approach. A statement from the Native American House at Illinois praised the decision, but added that "we know that retiring the performance of the mascot does not solve campus climate issues, and we will continue to work with the campus and the community to address misinformation and miseducation about indigenous peoples, histories, and cultures."
The Oglala Sioux Tribe also praised the decision, but reiterated its demand that the regalia used by Chief Illiniwek be returned. The university has said that it purchased or was given various Sioux items used in the mascot's performances, but tribal leaders say that they originally thought the university was borrowing items for use in historically accurate portrayals of their tribe, not for what the tribal board has called "the antics of persons playing 'Chief Illiniwek' " in a way that "perpetuates a degrading racial stereotype that reflects negatively on all American Indian people." (The university says that it hasn't decided what it will do with the regalia.)
Supporters of the chief are not giving up their fight. Students who portray the chief were in state court on Friday trying to obtain an injunction to prevent the university from ending use of the mascot or the NCAA from pressuring it to do so. The students won sympathy, but not their desired injunction. An account of the hearing in a local paper quoted Judge Michael Jones as saying that the university had the option of suing the NCAA and made a decision not to. "Right or wrong, this is their call," he said.
Where Jones was most sympathetic to the students was on their charge that the NCAA is hypocritical in permitting some institutions (such as Florida State University) to keep Indian mascots because they have backing from tribal leaders, while forcing Illinois and others to change.
"It's an easy sell that enforcement of the policy is arbitrary and capricious," the judge was quoted as saying. "They don't wish to associate with members who use Native American imagery, unless, of course, they do."
Supporters of the chief are studying additional legal options and standing by their tradition.
Pal Schmitt, a sophomore who is vice president of Students for Chief Illiniwek, grew up in central Illinois, coming to sporting events as a child and growing to love the tradition of the chief. "It's something that outsiders of the university or people who aren't of the state don't understand," he said. "Seeing the performance, you get the sense of dignity, of bravery, spirit, honor. It does really embody those things."
Asked if the feelings of Native Americans should come into play, he said "of course," but he said that "this is much bigger than race" and that both sides of the debate have ignored the issues raised by the other side. "Both sides are very guilty," he said. "Those who are against it instantly brand anyone who would support it as a racist, and those who support it shrug off those concerns."
Schmitt said that his message to an American Indian would be: "I'm sorry we can't get the same inspiration out of it, but you need to look at the greater good that it is doing."
Supporters of the chief stress that they love Native Americans and their culture. Jean Edwards, who graduated in 1953 and is treasurer of the Honor the Chief Society, has been working on the issue for 18 years, ever since opposition to the mascot started to grow. She said Friday that she was "heartbroken" and didn't understand how supporters of the chief were seen as insensitive to American Indians.
The chief "has been giving something to the Native Americans that they haven't had before -- all these people who were interested in learning more" after seeing a performance. She said that she and her colleagues all feel great respect for Indian culture. "I've always like Native Americans. I have lived in Illinois all my life. Every summer growing up I went to Wisconsin and lived next door to a wonderful Native American couple. I bought a lot of jewelry. We went to a lot of pow-wows together," she said. "I never thought of anyone not accepting them at all."
She blamed the controversy on efforts to recruit Native American students. "There was this professor who wanted to get more Native American students to come to school here, so every year it got more and more important" for faculty members to talk about the chief, she said.
Edwards predicted that many alumni will stop giving. "I think the impact will be financial. There are people who honest to goodness believe that they will not give again," she said.
That belief is shared by many at Illinois, even some critics of Chief Illiniwek who have said over the years that the university needed to find a way to prevent an alumni revolt. The irony is that most available evidence suggests that universities that move away from Indian names or mascots end up doing well. At Stanford University, the name Indians was replaced with Cardinal (the color, not the bird), in 1972, and officials are proud of having made the change early, based on complaints from a small group of Native American students, but not having been forced by the NCAA or anyone else.
The general pattern, according to officials at Stanford and institutions that made similar decisions, is for the noise and anger to quickly subside, except for very small groups of alumni. Richard Little, a Miami University spokesman who organized a mascot switch in 1996 (from Redskins to Redhawks), noted in a 2005 interview that the university sells more clothing now than it did with the old name, notwithstanding those fans who were upset about the change. He said that there is at least once sure way to win over most alumni: "You'll get support for any name if you win."
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Rock of Ages revels in the hits of the 1980s at Eisenhower Auditorium Jan. 22
Rock of Ages revels in the hits of the 1980s at Eisenhower Auditorium Jan. 22
UNIVERSITY PARK (Monday, Dec. 16)—Tease your hair and get your cutoff shirts ready. The worldwide party musical "Rock of Ages" brings favorite hits from the 1980s to the stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
A five-time Tony Award nominee, "Rock of Ages" is an arena-rock love story told through the hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.
Section one and two tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentation are $62 and $53 for an adult, $44 and $35 for a University Park student and $45 and $36 for a person 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at http://cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial 1-800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at three State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). The box offices are closed Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, but tickets will be available online for purchase and printing. A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
"Rock of Ages" is set in 1987. On the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker. In Los Angeles' most famous rock club, they fall in love to the greatest songs of the 1980s.
"Rock of Ages" features a mix of 28 rockin' '80s tunes including "Don't Stop Believin'," "We Built This City," "The Final Countdown," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "Here I Go Again," "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "I Want to Know What Love Is."
Some of the costumes, dancing and language might not be appropriate for kids younger than 14.
Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a touring artist, is offered in Eisenhower one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity. Seating is available on a first-arrival basis.
Lynn Sidehamer Brown and Kimberly Watkins sponsor the presentation. Radio station 93.7 The BUS is the media sponsor.
Find the Center for the Performing Arts on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pscpa.


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60-Seconds #339 : The Anatomy of a Clickbait Predator Spam site, and what to avoid
FLAMED : After getting flamed on Facebook, called a racist and told I did not know what a 'click bait' site is, I had to go look and see if the rules had changed, or if there was some other measurement for click-bait that I did not know about. The purpose of click bait is to get people to open the page, and thereby trip all the revenue links on the page to earn money for the author. Let's see how that works! August 16, 2017


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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
No 19: Plate, 1962 (P.74.126)
Made at Cardew's Wenford Bridge Pottery in Cornwall, this shallow plate is well known through its distinguished exhibition history and also appeared on the cover of Ceramic Review in 1979 (No.55). It is made of buff stoneware, brush-decorated with a long-legged bird (a heron or a flamingo) and bunches of grass in brown pigment. A flecked, grey ash glaze covers the plate, harmonising with the painted motifs.


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Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball; he preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, television and night games.
The union boss who won free agency for baseball players in 1975, ushering in an era of multimillion-dollar contracts and athletes who switch teams at the drop of a batting helmet, Miller died yesterday at 95. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer in August.
�I think he�s the most important baseball figure of the last 50 years,� former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent said. �He changed not just the sport but the business of the sport permanently, and he truly emancipated the baseball player � and in the process all professional athletes. Prior to his time, they had few rights. At the moment, they control the games.�
In his 16-1/2 years as executive director of the Major League Players Association, starting in 1966, Miller fought owners on many fronts, not only achieving free agency but making the word �strike� stand for something other than a pitched ball.
Over the years, his influence was widely acknowledged if not always honored. Baseball fans argue over whether he made the game fairer or more nakedly mercenary, and the Hall of Fame repeatedly rejected him in what was attributed to lingering resentment among team owners.
Players attending the union�s annual executive board meeting in New York said their professional lives are Miller�s legacy.
�Anyone who�s ever played modern professional sports owes a debt of gratitude to Marvin Miller,� Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chris Capuano said. �He empowered us as players. He gave us ownership of the game we play. Anyone who steps on a field in any sport, they have a voice because of him.�
Major League Baseball�s revenue has grown from $50 million in 1967 to $7.5 billion this year. At his last public speaking engagement, a discussion at New York University School of Law in April marking the 40th anniversary of the first baseball strike, Miller said free agency and resulting fan interest contributed to the increase. And both management and labor benefited, he said.
�I never before saw such a win-win situation in my life, where everybody involved in Major League Baseball, both sides of the equation, still continue to set records in terms of revenue and profits and salaries and benefits,� Miller said. He called it �an amazing story.�
Miller, who retired in 1982, led the first walkout in the game�s history 10 years earlier, a fight over pension benefits. On April 5, 1972, signs posted at major league parks simply said: �No Game Today.� The strike, which lasted 13 days, was followed by a walkout during spring training in 1976 and a midseason job action that darkened the stadiums for seven weeks in 1981.
Miller led players through three strikes and two lockouts. Baseball has had eight work stoppages in all.
Slightly built and silver-haired with a thick, dark mustache, Miller operated with an eloquence and a soft-spoken manner that belied his toughness. He clashed repeatedly with commissioner Bowie Kuhn.
Before Miller took over the union, some players actually opposed his appointment as successor to Milwaukee Judge Robert Cannon, who had counseled them on a part-time but unpaid basis.
�Some of the player representatives were leery about picking a union man,� Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning said in 1974. �But he was very articulate � not the cigar-chewing type some of the guys expected.�
Miller recalled that owners �passed the word that if I were selected, goon squads would take over the game. They suggested racketeers and gangsters would swallow baseball. The players expected a �dese, dem and dose� guy. The best thing I had going for me was owner propaganda.�
He was elected by the players by a vote of 489-136. Baseball had entered a new era, one in which its owners would have to bargain with a union professional.
When he took over, the union consisted of a $5,400 kitty and a battered file cabinet, and baseball�s minimum salary was $6,000. By 1968, Miller had negotiated baseball�s first collective bargaining agreement. By 1970, players obtained the right to take disputes to an arbitrator.
Miller�s biggest legacy � free agency � represented one of the most significant off-the-field changes in the game�s history. The reserve clause that had been in place since 1878 bound a player to the team holding his contract. Miller viewed it as little more than 20th-century slavery.
�Before Marvin, there were no such things as the negotiations. It was take it or leave it,� Hall of Famer Joe Morgan said. �What was your recourse � to quit?�